When taken orally, mannitol acts as an osmotic laxative, drawing water into the intestinal lumen and increasing the volume and softness of the stool.
The increase in fecal volume, in turn, acts as a powerful stimulus for intestinal peristalsis (a set of rhythmic propulsive contractions responsible for moving stool outwards).
Also orally, mannitol can be used as an alternative sweetener to traditional sucrose.
Its sweetening power is indeed about 50% of that of table sugar, with the advantage of being low-calorie and non-cariogenic, and with metabolism independent of insulin (a particularly useful characteristic in the presence of diabetes); however, its laxative effect limits its use in this sense.

Format
Bar of 10 and 25 g.

Code VZG4008 (10 g)
VZG4009 (25 g)